Apparatus for treating patients by bodily movements



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APPARATUS FOR TREATING PATIENTS BY BODILY MOVEMENTS Filed Feb. 17, 19352 Sheets-Sheet l g I i 1 I n n n a l l I"! lanunluu nMutual" "yuan"untuI I mumnm IHVE.NTOP.

lggaroi Mayer ATTOEY Jufly 23, 1935. K. MAYER w APPARATUS FOR TREATINGPATIENTS BY BODILY MOVEMENTS Filed Feb. 17, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2INVENTOR Kurd Mayer MRNEY Patented July 23, 1935 ':Karol Mayer; PoznaniPoland Application". February 17, 19333.;Shfifl2NQ-1 6 731 78Augustg26,-:-1932 ,In-Germany The invention relates toanapparatusfortreating. patientsbyibodily movements, the'curing;

eiiectaofaWhichrisv amplified by. special move-- mentszineomparisontothe well known; appa mechanical driving.devices;,specia1 boxes are. alsowell-knownfitted "in the. interior-With telastic mattresses andprovided. with a lockablelid;

left free forthe aface and the.

openings. being ="limbs;=;for instance, the arms and hands, of thepatient;

The; object, of the invention is .to provide an:

apparatus of the type referred .to,. to which, in

addition-to .its rotary movement; an oscillating the drive of which'isiwnmovement is imparted and:

further connected with a regulatinggdevice. -Accerdingrtotheinvention,means arexprovided at the head and foot of the bed in order to'uinsertshafzt members-transferring: the oscillation to? various points andinorder to. rotate f a: soft base."

5; the -bed--at the bed uniformlyor intermittently so" thati-theheadzand the foot of-the bed: are alternately lifted or loweredduring.the oscillation, in" order 'to further facilitate the circulation0f'1'the1-blOOd.,.Of

3m; a hunianqbeing or; an animal lyinginthebed,

withthe aidof g avity and, therefore; to -.facilitate;

' 1 At 1, holesfornthe insertionaottheshaftrrnem the necessary'bloodshifting.

ffiolesiprovidedat difierentheights in the walls ofsthe' therapeuticbedjand serving for the recep- :ition: oft-the shaft members, can-eachbereplaced I by -a;:g.uiding.slot1(Figures 3. and 6) in the end walls ofthe therapeutic bed whereby-thenecessary withdrawaland'insertioh of theshaft membars in changing the position of the level "is; unnecessary-,this result being accomplished by slidingthe s'haftmembersin the guidingslots in g 7 purposestoa large extent w-i-th the aid of correspondingregulatorsinterposed before' or after that theihrdr tat .pres ure?thejdming gear" I the desired position and'se'curing fthejshaftmem bersin this positionby suitablemeans.i i t s'w LkmWn' "exercises a;considerable influence on 'the"circula-' tion'of the blood; aninfluence, which is utilized in many cases for diagnostic andtherapeutic purposes. But, the wellknown medico-mechanical 0arrangements serving for the above mentioned purposes have variousdisadvantages, especially it is not possible to effect with them'anuninterruptedly changing and exactly regulated influence of gravity ondifferent sections of circulationi themed according to the invention,turnb eatw lin different di ectionsap ov s.tczbezfar; mc ecs entiallradv n a eo s andizsimp e.

In'the drawings, some examples Beijing inyenr ion a diasrammatica lyshown: I .i'j igii'I 5 $;*121 view turn h peut c b in. ni flined nosiondur ne ...p zthe. ec entrical otation; 1- V Figu e Z-is a similarview.-otttmsameinert, .ut; rotated iurth r: on, in I a.horizontal-19min. 1 Figure 3 is a side view oi -another construction ofthe therapeutic. bed: in connection with on .o the wel rk w drivin.mechanismsior thetherapeutic bed; I Fi -is a sid vi w..oiethew earzmchanism" with a p tion z as nsbroken away;

. Fig. 5 is. across sectionon the .line'=-. 551115 ot-1 F ure 6 is anend view.- .howinatheelliptical, shape of the: therapeutic bed;according .toiili -i ure ,3, with the guides for the shaft members-.1

In Figures. .1. and 2, .the, frames 2 ofltheibed are.fitte.dwith;elastic springs I, forming, aloclbable'boxrupholsteredon'the inner side withmat tresses so'that; duringthe rotationlof thewbed" the; body lies comfortably in every .position. Loni. The. lidn3.is. hinged-at :3'-andgis" providedrwith an opening 4 vforwtheiace:andrai secondnpening .5 'for the, hands,'so thatthe2 per 5 son lyinginnthe box lean-open the lid handcanmo-ve the. hands. inaaconvenient-manner. At. 6; the locking device for'the lidis shown;

bers 8v and 8B-.are represented which shaft' me'mandthe adjustment ofthe axis can..be altere'd and adjusted 'fordiagnostic and therapeuticiItis 1 quite apparent that by wi thdrawirigthe shaftmembers: 8 and-"88from-theopenings-in" which they are placed and inserting them in othersof the openings 1 the position of the bed I relative to the shaftmembers can be varied. Either one or both of the shaft members may beshifted, and a great number of different positions may thus be obtained.In this fashion va rious degrees and types of oscillatory movement ofthe bed can be obtained. 7

The position of the body of the person lying in the box is changed bythe above described simple device in a convenient and regulatable mannerand, therefore, the influence of the gravity component on necessaryblood shifting for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, is possible inan advantageous manner. The further technical improvement of thepresentinvention consists in the fact that the personduring the treat-v 8 and88 in changing the position of the level is unnecessary, this resultbeing accomplished by sliding the shaft members 8 and 88 in the guidingslots Hi to the desired position and securing the shaft members 8 and 88in this position by suitable means. 7 I r In order to obtain a steadymovement of the therapeutic bed completely'free from jerks, it issuitable to substitute for a part of the shaft members 8 and 88transferring the movement to the therapeutic bed,a spring I 3 whichabsorbs the jerks coming from thedriving motor l8.

This-spring consists of two flat portions connected by bowed elements38, the flat portions being secured by bolts 39 to plates 36 and 31which are mounted respectively on the shaft member 8 or-drlven shaft anda shaft section 35 the end of which carries a key member I6 which slidesin the slot IS on the end wall |5 of the bed.

The motor l8 drives the shaft member 8 through the gearing arrangementshown in Figs. 3 and-4. The motor shaft |8 carries a gear |9 Whichmeshesconstantly with a gear 28 onshaft 2|. Slidably mounted on shaft 2| andcontrolled by a lever I4 having a handle 2! are two gears 22 and 23'ofdifferent size, formed on a single sleeve;24.. These gears meshrespectively with gears. 25 and 26 fixed on shaft member 8. By

slidingthe sleeve 24 through lever M which is pivoted at 28, gears 22and 23 may be selectively brought-into mesh with. gears 25 and 25thereby varying the speedto which shaft 8 is driven.

The speed-of the motor may be regulated by a rheostat H or in some othersuitable manner through control of the electric current.

The shaft 2| carries a further gear 29 which meshes-with a gear 30 onshaft 3|. An eccentric 3| mounted on shaft 3| through its strap l2engaging ring .35 and eccentric rod 33 on shaft section 35 will impartvertical movement to the shaft 35 which is permitted by the. flexibilityof the spring connection l3. a

. The spring l3 amplifies the action of the springs which form thesupport for the body of the person being treated. If suchsprings areused at both ends of the bed, then often the springs I can be omitted.Springs I3 will act to permit an additional swinging movement of the.bed which is cushioned by their elasticity. The eccen-' tric 3| impartsan additional oscillating movement to the shaft section 35.

The gearing arrangement and the rheostat permit the operator to obtainalmost any desirable speed of movement. In this way the movements can bearranged and varied to suit the particular case being treated.

The box 2 serving as a therapeutic bed is not bound to arectangular'shape in its section; it may be suitable in some cases, togive the box 2 an elliptical form (Fig. 6). By this means the box bedbecomes as small and light as possible. As the elliptical formaccommodates itself to the human body which has likewise essentially anelliptical cross section, unfilled places are avoided and volume andweight of the box can be reduced to a minimum.

What I claim is:

1. In an, apparatus for treating patients by bodily movements, a box forholding the patient, means to support said box to turn abouta'substantially horizontal axis, said means including a shaft, means forconnecting said shaft to one end of the box, a motor, means to connectsaid" motor to said shaft to turn the same, a second shaft driven bysaid motor, an eccentric mounted on said second shaft, and meansconnecting said eccentric to said first shaft to impart lateral movemetto said first shaft.

.2. In an apparatus for treating patients bybodily movements, a pair ofsubstantially horizontal aligned shaft members, a spring device carriedby one of said shaft members, a box for holdingthe patient secured atone end*to. .the

second shaft and at the other end to said spring device, means to adjustthe points of connection of the-shaft member having said spring deviceto said box, and motor driven means to impart atransverse movement tothe end of the box which is connected to said spring device.

3. In an apparatus for treating patients by bodily movements, a dividedshaft, a spring having a pair of parallel members one of which isconnected to one, and the other is connected to the other part of saiddivided shaft, means for moving said shaft about its axis, a box forholding the patient, and means for operatively 0011- meeting said box tosaid shaft in various positions with respect to the axis of the shaft.

4. In an apparatus for treating patients by bodily movements, axiallyaligned and axially spaced shaft members, a box arranged between theinner ends of said shaft members, and an end plate at one of the outerends of said box which end plate has a plurality of holes for the shaftmember.

5. In an'apparatus for treating patients by.- -bodily movements,axiallyaligned and axially spaced shaft members, a box arranged betweenthe inner ends of said shaft members, and a slotted part foroperatively. connecting, one of the outer ends of said box to the inner,end-of the corresponding shaft in various positions with re spect to theaxis of said shaft members.

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v '55:; reception of the inner end of the corresponding

